Phobia | 
 enlarge | Artist: Breaking Benjamin
Label: Hollywood Records
Category: Music
List Price: $18.98
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 118555
Format: Clean, Enhanced
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 720616265029
EAN: 0720616265029
ASIN: B000GFRJ44
Release Date: August 8, 2006
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| Tracks:
| • | Intro | | • | The Diary of Jane | | • | Breath | | • | You | | • | Evil Angel | | • | Until the End | | • | Dance with the Devil | | • | Topless | | • | Here We Are | | • | Unknown Soldier | | • | Had Enough | | • | You Fight Me | | • | Outro |
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| Customer Reviews:
 Good, but not great re-issue December 27, 2007
GK (San Jose, CA USA)
I this re-release primarily for the DVD which contains Breaking Benjamin's concert at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania at Stabler Arena.
The quality of the video is not up to par set by DVD's today (even if it's a standard and not HD quality). I would give it a 3 out of 5 because of the low lightning, unbalanced audio, and poor compression.
I'll give some leeway as the arena it was filmed in wasn't brightly lit, but what concert has super bright lighting?
Comparing it to other DVD concerts, it should have been a better audio/video presentation considering it was filmed by HDNet. I saw the same concert film that HDNet aired back in March 4, 2007 and the A/V quality was phenomenal. This was presented in HD at 1080i, so you would think the source material they had would have translated to a better DVD, but it did not.
There is also live feedback on a couple of songs during the video. Granted HDNet had no control over this, but a DVD release like this should have been tweaked to present a better presentation.
A/V issues aside it was a decent concert film. The vocals were a bit flat and in my opinion they didn't "hit" the songs as they did in the album. The playing of the instruments seemed suppressed as if they either weren't giving it their all or it was a technical limitation of the concert.
Obviously the Phobia CD is terrific which I give a full 5 stars!
 Amazing Album October 15, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Breaking Benjamin return with their third album "Phobia" and i must say it is their best yet. There are very few rock albums these days that can compare to this. Ben is an amazing vocalist who is also a very talented songwriter. There is no filler on this album, all top quality breaking benjamin tunes! GO BUY THIS CD IMMEDIATELY! you won't be disappointed!
What "We Are Not Alone" did well "Phobia" does better October 4, 2006
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
This is an incredible album! There are not many rock CDs that simply blow me away because they are so good. This one did! My only complaint is that the censoring was done poorly, so I skip Topless (which is B-grade anway, so that was disappointing).
1. Intro - 10/10: Really cool intro to the album, very short, dark, and moody.
2. Diary Of Jane - 10/10: Awesome song! If I hadn't known about Breaking Benjamin before, this would have been the song that got me into them. Just like its predecessor on We Are Not Alone, So Cold, this is a very dark and dramatic song.
3. Breath - 10/10: Another absolutely stunning song!
4. You - 9/10: Another victory on Breaking Benjamin's march of success. Only problem is H-word in the chorus.
5. Evil Angel - 10/10: Nice and heavy riffs acompany this song, another solid track.
6. Until the End - 11/10: Awesome! One of Breaking Benjamin's better songs to date. This song runs longer than some of the others, and serves as this album's ballad which is pulled of very well. There is an F-word which is unsufficiently censored but easy mute.
7. Dance With the Devil - 10/10: Breathtaking song! Ben's vocals get really emotional in this one. It makes me think "Breaking Benjamin could go gothic metal if they wanted, and they'd be great!"
8. Topless - 4/10: This, sadly, is a B-grade song. And that, for Breaking Benjamin, is a huge disappointment. We Are Not Alone had two A-minuses, but no B's. This song is little more than a shell for Ben to yell "F--- me, f--- you!" in a lot. And the censoring is no help at all.
9. Here We Are - 10/10: This song is a relief from Topless. Another ballad beautifully sung by Ben and is another on opf the highlights of this album.
10. Unknown Soldier - 11/10: This may be the best on the album. To the best of my knowledge it doesn't have anything to do with Iraq (which is always a good thing). Awesome lyrics, awesome guitars, awesome song from and awesome group,
11. Had Enough - 9/10: In this song the lyrics get really angry ("..have you had enough? You greedy litte b-----d, you will get what you deserve!"), still really good despite the misused b-----d in the chorus.
12. You Fight Me - 10/10: Really good for the last track. Rounds off a solid release from Breaking Benjamin very well.
13. Outro - 10/10: Like Intro, really interesting. Follows the tone of the album very well. Short, no lyrics.
This album comepletely blew me away. It is perhaps one of the greatest achievements of rock/alternative metal out there. A great compliment to BB's previous release "We Are Not Alone" (get the edited version, it is flawlessly edited).
not too bad August 9, 2006
L. Addario (deltona, fl)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
this cd is pretty good not quite as good as saturate but it still is till a good buy......i advise any new fans to pick up saturate thought that is the best one espically the song polyamerous
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